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7. All true. Here are the unemployment rates in the inaugural month of each president

Sun Apr 30, 2017, 09:07 PM

Apr 2017

Unemployment rate: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000

All values are the unemployment rates, specifically Jan 1989, Jan 1993, Jan 2001, Jan 2009, Jan 2017.

Unemployment rates:
[font color = red][div style="display:inline; font-size:1.37em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"] Bush I: 5.4% to 7.3%, Change= + 1.9%[/font]
[font color = blue][div style="display:inline; font-size:1.37em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"] Clinton: 7.3% to 4.2%, Change= - 3.1%[/font]
[font color = red][div style="display:inline; font-size:1.37em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"] Bush II: 4.2% to 7.8%, Change= + 3.6%[/font]
[font color = blue][div style="display:inline; font-size:1.37em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"] Obama: 7.8% to 4.8%, Change= - 3.0%[/font]
[font color = red][div style="display:inline; font-size:1.37em; font-family:monospace; white-space:pre;"] Trump: 4.8% to ???%, [/font]

Of course Fox was misleading in the extreme.

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Unemployment rates at 3 months: Clinton(D): 7.1%, Bush(R): 4.4%, Obama(D): 9.0%, Trump(R):4.5% [View all] progree Apr 2017 OP

I am part of that 4.5% liberal N proud Apr 2017 #1

I'm sorry to hear. It is a sucky experience progree Apr 2017 #2

GREAT information. I'm saving this one! Squinch Apr 2017 #3

All unemployment rates are fake news. democratisphere Apr 2017 #4

It's from a monthly survey of 60,000 households progree Apr 2017 #5

Misleading info. After just 3 months the rates are a continuation of the previous admin... brush Apr 2017 #6

All true. Here are the unemployment rates in the inaugural month of each president progree Apr 2017 #7

The ??? on the 'When Trump leaves office' space is prescient. tenorly May 2017 #8